We were best friends,
you and I.
We told each other everything.
Laughed and cried together.
I didn’t think
I could be so close to someone.
If platonic soulmates existed,
that was us.
I knew everything about you;
Your old crushes,
your favorite color,
the way you would roll your eyes at stupid things.
We were so close.
Inseparable.
Then tragically, we grew up.
Now I look at you,
and I don’t even recognize
the person that you’ve become;
You’re a complete stranger.

Editor: Erynn Crittenden